The Legion invasions (and Dämonenjäger early access) arrived August 9, 2016 (US) and August 10, 2016 (EU). The will continue until August 30, 2016 when Legion launches, and will progressively become more frequent until that point.

Nethersplitter is a new currency that will be specific to the Legion pre-launch event. These can be earned via invasion scenario events (25-50+ Nethersplitter per invasion).

Note that aside from Nethersplitters, the invasions grant achievements, and also the Stage 2 and Stage 4 chests can have unique weapons in them (that can be upgraded to item level 725).

The items available for Nethersplitters include transmog sets and item level 700 necks, rings, trinkets, weapon upgrade items, and a pet! These items are sold by Gefangene Wyrmzunge, who can be found in the Illidari camps in all invasion zones, as well as Orgrimmar and Sturmwind as below.Note that the vendors in Orgrimmar and Sturmwind require that you complete the Broken Shore scenario to see them; the ones in the invasion zones are visible regardless.

Vendor Locations

HORDE

Orgrimmar - At , on the upper level, near the zeppelin tower for Undercity (Map).

ALLIANCE

Sturmwind - At , on the western edge of the Mage Quarter overlooking the coast (Map).

There will be 6 different invasion events during the pre-launch patch. After the invasions start, they will become more and more frequent as we get closer to the launch of the expansion (August 30, 2016). Each invasion is a scenario entered by anyone that moves into the invasion area, and has 4 stages. There is a progress bar for Stages 1 and 3 which is zone-wide - you will see how close you are to the next stage. Stage 2 and 4 have boss objectives, and completing these will complete the stage.Note that the invasion instance you enter may already be in progress, with potentially a stage or stages completed already.The stages are below:

Stage 1 - Defend against a general invasion point (e.g. Orgrimmar Rear Gate). Mobs are fairly trivial in nature, although numerous.

Stage 2 - Defeat two lieutenants and a commander. The commander spawns after the lieutenants are killed. These bosses hit pretty hard, so DPS and healers have to watch threat.

Stage 3 - Defeat the invading forces marked on the map - a zone-wide objective, with various activities that will advance the progress bar:

There are mobs to kill, of various sizes and strengths. These can be found at invasion points, marked on the map.

There are protected "Legion Structures" also marked on the map. You must kill the mobs protecting the structures; doing so will make the Geschützter Teufelskristalls attackable. When the crystals are destroyed, the structure collapses.

There are various mini bosses scattered around the zone during this phase. These hit pretty hard, so ideally they need to be tanked or kited. These mini bosses often drop Nethersplitters, so it's worthwhile helping to kill them! They are marked on the map with skulls.

Stage 4 - Defeat a boss NPC at the original invasion point (requires a group). These bosses hit VERY hard and have some abilities that will kill you if you do not avoid them (e.g. breath mechanics - make sure to stand behind the boss!)

Some other miscellaneous notes:

Zones that have active invasions are marked very clearly on the world map. Note that only zones in Kalimdor and Eastern Kingdoms are involved.

Mousing over the invasion icon will show you a timer, indicating how much time is left in the invasion, so that you can get there.

Entering a zone with an active invasion will put you into a scenario instance. There will be multiple instances going on at one time, so arriving at any point while the invasion is active will allow you to participate.There are various vehicles you can use to assist you during the invasion (e.g. Demolishers, Glaives). These usually have a few abilities that will do area damage to mobs.Most of the mobs killed for the invasions do not drop anything, although minibosses do. The shards/chests that are rewarded go into your bags automatically (even if you are dead when the appropriate stage is completed).

Stage 3 - 10 Nethersplitter at the end of the stage. Additionally, mini-bosses during this stage drop Nethersplitters (reportedly 5-15). Therefore, killing these can net you a much higher yield than any other stage!

*This armor is the same armor that makes up the 4 transmog armor ensembles available for 200 Nethersplitter. If you are wanting only the transmog appearances and not the gear, collecting it piece-by-piece from these chests will be presumably much slower than buying the Ensemble.**These weapons can be upgraded to iLevel 725 using Kondensierte Teufelsenergie, which will also be available during the pre-launch event

The above achievements will be Feats of Strength (similar to Rissreisen from the Cataclysm pre-expansion event) that will not be obtainable after Legion launches.

Another Feat of Strength that will be exclusively available during the Legion pre-launch event is Jetzt ergibt alles einen Sinn (collect all 12 of the pamphlets from Doomsayer NPCs in Orgrimmar/Stormwind).

Getting to the Invasions

Below is a summary of ways to get to the invasions. I have included many different routes, including some that may be obvious (for those who may be returning to the game after a while).

Kommentar von Glurak

Ok i understand this pet is only available in the PRe Event but where exactly drop it ? Is it a reward for the Achievment or does a Boss dropping it or is it in the chests ?

Kommentar von kps25

This pet is currently on the patch 7.0 PTR, and being sold for 1800 Nethershards by the Illidari Vendor. Given it is the PTR, that price may change when it hits live servers.

Kommentar von Wuatdah

This bat should give a Feat of Strength achievement, like the Vampirjäger , especially, considering the fact that this pet was said to be removed from the game, when Legion comes out.

Kommentar von AKPlayer

Anyone know if this pet can be caged / sold?

Kommentar von Farstucker

Hoping for a matching bat mount, recolor of the store one :D

Kommentar von Plaidiator

It would be interesting to study the life cycle of this species because the adult form has a set of arms, whereas the the young form does not. I wonder at what age the arms develop and what the process is!

Kommentar von supermage

Not as cool as I had thought - you can purchase one of these after doing only 2 demon invasions. No challenge at all. Epic fail Blizzard.

Kommentar von taskun56

I'm wondering if there is a market for these. Someone mentioned they will be removing the item from the game at the end of the event, but does that also mean from our inventories? Do I have to learn the pet and then cage the pet to sell it? Or can I hold the item in my bank?

It reminds me of the exclusivity of the Haunted Memento pre-patch.

Kommentar von Lindentree

It appears from the listings on my realm's auction house that this pet only comes in S/B.

Kommentar von sushibar

Horde to Dun Morogh: Org portal to Vashj'ir. Fly east to mainland.

Also works for Westfall, but you still have to fly east first to cross the fatigue zone at the narrowest point.

Kommentar von illirei

Just for those interested in pets that can fly alongside mounts, this one can't.

Kommentar von josealemida

Kommentar von skyline33

Does this pet have any novelty tricks? like attacking critters, doing loop-de-loops, things like that

Kommentar von rowaasr13

Check out German name in topright corner here on wowhead. This monstorsity reminds me of Eurotrip and its "safe word".

Kommentar von Ender56x2

This pet is still obtainable via class hall champion mission. I submitted a screenshot of the misson.

Kommentar von ginnypinny

I just got this pet as a reward from a follower mission.

Kommentar von TaviTurnip

A friend told me in person that this pet is now available to buy in some Legion content somewhere (I don't have the expansion) and that saving them from the Invasion event wasn't necessary because people can still buy them. Wowhead and the comments here don't appear to mention this at all. Is it true?

Kommentar von Wuatdah

Why is this shown as still being obtainable, when, the invasion events were removed once Legion officially released in August 30th 2016?

Kommentar von SciofSoA

These are still available from the vendor in 7.2 and available again with the return of nethershards. Unfortunate for those of us that bought extras thinking it was a limited availability pet, fortunate for those that missed it the first time.

Apparently this was changed after I made the post. At the time of making this post it was true, I know this as I visited the vendor before making the post since I'm not a moron.

Kommentar von ED209

Even though Nethershards made a return in 7.2, the Captive Wyrmtongue no longer sells the Felbat Pup (Or the other pre-event goods).